Because it’s 2021.
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Where can I bet on Team USA?
“It’s good they didn’t peak now,” added Shane Wiskus.
“Not concerned,” Mikulak said. “Never lose faith in the girls.” …
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The story of the day is Russia deservedly defeating USA in the qualifying round.
That happened.
On the other hand, no medals are awarded in qualification. I’m expecting Simone and team to come back with aggressive routines in the Team final. They’ll be far better.
USA qualified the maximum number of Finals positions. I would have loved to see Riley in the Bars final rather than Simone, however.
National Team Coordinator Tom Forster gets too much blame when things go wrong. And too much credit when things go right. That’s in the job description.
Certainly communication has been poor.
But let’s wait until Tokyo is over before analyzing team performance.
Eventually USAG could decide mistakes were made. There’s not much time before specialist Worlds 2021 in October, however.
Rhys reflects on Pommels qualification
He tours the Olympic village on his day off.
The ASICS shop is cool.
Rhys is happy so many of the top guys made the final. He wants Pommels to be an EXCITING event. 🙂
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superb Brooklyn Moors
A case study in artistry for judges.
Can they score higher than 10.0 at UCLA? 😀
She’s one of the reserves for the Floor final.
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Ellie Black – Beam
14.1 and into the Final.
6.3 start. Third highest in the competition.
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WAG Olympic finalists – Apparatus
Despite having a surprisingly off day in prelims, #Simone still qualified to all 4 apparatus finals. She has 6 medal chances in Tokyo.
Vault
- Simone Biles USA 15.183
- Jade Carey USA 15.166
- Rebeca Andrade BRA 15.100
- Yeo Seo-jeong KOR 14.800
- Shallon Olsen CAN 14.699
- Lilia Akhaimova RUS 14.699
- Alexa Moreno MEX 14.633
- Angelina Melnikova RUS 14.616
Finally. Rebeca Andrade has long been one of the best gymnasts in the world, but had 3 ACL tears, limiting her chances in the past.
She qualified 2nd in the world in the AA and to both Floor and Vault apparatus finals.
Bars
- Nina Derwael BEL 15.366
- Sunisa Lee USA 15.200
- Anastasia Iliankova RUS 14.966
- Angelina Melnikova RUS 14.933
- Lu Yufei CHN 14.700
— Elisabeth Seitz GER 14.700 - Fan Yilin CHN 14.600
- Simone Biles USA 14.566
The showdown we wanted. Nina v Suni.
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Beam
- Guan Chenchen CHN 14.933
- Tang Xijing CHN 14.333
- Sunisa Lee USA 14.200
- Larisa Iordache ROU 14.133
- Ellie Black CAN 14.100
- Simone Biles USA 14.066
- Vladislava Urazova RUS 14.000
- Flavia Saraiva BRA 13.966
Beam judges were slow. And also bad. What they are doing now makes Olympic Gymnastics look bad to the general public.
China put on a Beam clinic with 5 of the top 11 scores.
It was wonderful to see Larisa hit. Romanian Beam like past Olympics. Sadly she hurt her ankle on the triple twist dismount.
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Floor
- Vanessa Ferrari ITA 14.166
- Simone Biles USA 14.133
- Jade Carey USA 14.100
- Rebeca Andrade BRA 14.066
- Jessica Gadirova GBR 14.033
- Viktoria Listunova RUS 14.000
- Angelina Melnikova RUS 14.000
- Murakami Mai JPN 13.933
30-year-old Vanessa Ferrari was one of the last qualifiers to Tokyo. And finds herself in the final ahead of unbeatable Simone Biles. Congratulations. Also — vindication for 2010 Worlds where she should have been #1 on Floor, but judges ranked her 6th.
WAG Olympic finalists – AA
- Simone Biles USA 57.731
- Rebeca Andrade BRA 57.399
- Sunisa Lee USA 57.166
- Angelina Melnikova RUS 57.132
- Vladislava Urazova RUS 57.099
- Viktoriia Listunova RUS 56.932
- Nina Derwael BEL 56.598
- Tang Xijing CHN 56.432
- Jade Carey USA 56.265
- Mélanie De Jesus Dos Santos FRA 55.431
- Mykayla Skinner USA 55.398
- Jessica Gadirova GBR 55.199
- Lu Yufei CHN 55.066
- Zhang Jin CHN 54.932
- Zsofia Kovacs HUN 54.732
- Jennifer Gadirova GBR 54.699
- Carolann Heduit FRA 54.299
- Elisabeth Seitz GER 54.232
- Alice D’Amato ITA 54.199
- Roxana Popa ESP 54.099
- Brooklyn Moors CAN 53.966
- Murakami Mai 53.965
- Ellie Black CAN 53.699
- Aline Friess FRA 53.632
- Jutta Verkest BEL 53.632
- Martina Maggio ITA 53.566
- Liliia Akhaimova RUS 53.565
- Lee Yun-seo KOR 53.540
- Giulia Steingruber SUI 53.533
- Kim Bui GER 53.398
Alternates Lieke Wevers (32nd, 53.365), Eythora Thorsdottir (36th, 52.899), Georgia Godwin (37th, 52.865), and Hatakeda Hitomi (39th, 52.732).
As always, you have to feel badly for those gymnasts who had a fantastic meet but still did not qualify because only 2 / nation go to the final. Jade Carey and Mykayla Skinner are two of those.
WAG Olympic finalists – Team
- Russia 171.629
- United States 170.562
- China 166.863
- France 164.561
- Belgium 164.195
- Great Britain 163.396
- Italy 163.330
- Japan 162.662
Russia had a fantastic meet to finish ahead of Simone Biles’ USA. Congratulations.
The other big, happy surprise is Belgium finishing 5th.
Team final will be 3-up, 3-count. No room for mistakes.
Samir Ait Said’s Olympic story
Nancy Armour:
In Rio, Ait Said’s left leg snapped on his vault landing during qualifying, the sharp crack echoing throughout the arena. As he rolled over, clutching his leg just below the knee, his foot and the lower half of his shin dangled in the opposite direction of the rest of his leg.
It was not the first time his Olympic dreams had been disrupted by injury. He missed the London Games after suffering three fractures in his right tibia at the European championships. But this was a particularly gruesome injury, one that has ended the career of other athletes.
Even as he lay in a Brazilian hospital, his leg immobilized, Ait Said vowed that he would return for Tokyo. …
Opinion: French gymnast Samir Ait Said’s resilience a reminder of the power of the Olympics
Angelina – Bars
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